George Edward Robertson

Edward V. Robertson, Wyoming (according to an inscription on the stretcher)
Mrs. Cass Moeller (according to a label on the reverse)

Oil on canvas, not lined. The canvas is loose on the stretcher. The work is thickly painted and there is craquelure evident throughout, especially in the architecture. Under UV light, there is retouching throughout the architecture and the sand at center. There is additional scattered retouching in the dress of the woman at center and her outstretched arm.
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Edward Vivian Robertson was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1881. He immigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in Cody, Wyoming. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1942, serving until 1949. He died in Pendleton, Wyoming in 1963.